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This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes FOX’s big audience for Game 7 of the World Series, “The Orville” renewed for Season 2, a premiere date for FX’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” and more.

National Geographic’s Global Advertising/Partnership teams are earning well-deserved recognition for their groundbreaking work. The Shorty Social Good Awards recently named National Geographic’s integrated partnerships with GSK Consumer Healthcare (“Chasing Genius”), Stella Artois (“Buy a Lady a Drink”) and Microsoft (“#MakeWhatsNext”) as finalists for this year’s honors. Separately, National Geographic’s partnership with Nike for the documentary “Breaking2” was selected as one of Twitter’s most creative international campaigns so far this year.

On Tuesday, Oct. 24, 21st Century Fox’s Public Affairs team, in collaboration with FOX Sports, hosted an exclusive Washington, D.C. party for Game 1 of the World Series, where guests watched the Houston Astros take on the Los Angeles Dodgers on FOX.

At the opening keynote for the 2017 Paley International Council Summit, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch sat down with CNBC senior media and entertainment correspondent Julia Boorstin to talk about a wide range of topics, including the digital revolution for the media industry, going direct-to-consumer, the benefits of increased competition, NFL ratings and more.

This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes “Better Things” getting renewed for Season 3 on FX, National Geographic acquiring syndication rights to “Running Wild With Bear Grylls,” FOX Sports deploying high-speed cameras for its World Series coverage and more.

FOX Sports is participating in the Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) for the first time this year. The initiative, launched by the U.S. Department of State, organizes one-month mentorships for emerging women leaders from around the world each year in the hopes of empowering them to better serve their local communities through the power of sport.

Earlier this week, Courteney Monroe, CEO of National Geographic Global Networks, delivered keynote remarks at MIPCOM, marking the first time National Geographic was invited for a keynote presentation at the annual gathering for the global TV industry in Cannes, France. She took the opportunity to highlight a banner year for National Geographic and discuss the network’s scripted-programming strategy.

This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes FS1 setting a ratings record with the MLB ALDS finale, “The New Mutants” (in theaters April 13, 2018) trailer hitting the internet, a date for “Gambit” and more.

This school year, FOX Sports University celebrates 10 years of giving college students across the U.S. hands-on learning opportunities, unique resources and meaningful relationships to prepare them for careers after graduation.